HOV

abbreviation for

1. high-occupancy vehicle: a car or other vehicle carrying a required minimum number of passengers, usually two.

Word History and Origins

Origin of HOV¹

1990–95

Example Sentences

Who are Hov, Hova, Jigga, and Jiggaman?They are all the same person: Jay-Z.

From The Daily Beast

And, mother, why are angels fair Hov'ring o'er me, in the air?

From Project Gutenberg

Their chieftain then built a hov or temple for the gods, where sacrifices were made at certain stated times.

From Project Gutenberg

My friends, I am a poor and to speak, and I did not hanticipate an event hov this sort.

From Project Gutenberg

Er—yew will think hov me and love me has in dies hov long ago-o-o!

From Project Gutenberg

Or of some great bird's hov'ring flight on high,Brush It in passing by.

From Project Gutenberg